RCD ESPANYOL & RAÚL TAMUDO - PARALLELISMS WITH RAÚL GONZALEZ & THE TRUE NATURE OF FOOTBALL CLUBS

It is very rare for a low level Club, who continually struggles to stay
out of the 2º Division,to have a player who has debuted with them
with a young age & has remained there all his playing career (except 2
seasons in 2º Division Clubs, to later return).What this means is that
the player (Spanish International) has refused numerous offers to
bigger & better Clubs because he considers his present Club to be
far above all personal ambitious. Apart from this his numbers speak
for themselves, 15 years at the Club with more then 175 goals, the
Clubs all-time goal scorer. Who is the player? Which is the Club?
RAÚL TAMUDO & RCD ESPANYOL

The player has 31 years of age & ends contract the 30th of June 2010.
Raúl Tamado, a legend at the Club, wishes to continue & renew. But
as history shows by experience in other Clubs, when you’re not
wanted, but however loved by your fans, you need to find a method
& a way to get rid of the player without seeming to show it. Said
another way, in plain simple life language, be a coward.

When the rumour arises from within the Club that RCD Espanyol
maybe thinking of axing a “big name player”, Tamudo´s
representative approaches the Club to inquire if it is his player
they are thinking. Let’s not forget that if Espanyol does not
renew Tamudo before the 1st of January 2010 the player under
UEFA/FIFA rules is free to negotiate his future with any Club he
wishes. It is of courtesy for the player to ask & to wish to know the
intentions of his Club in reference to his future. If Espanyol don’t
wish him, simply say it & Tamudo could leave in the “Winter Market”

with any problems.

But this all comes from a few months back with new Coach
Pochettino. You see, Tamudo is thought off as the “old school”,
blocking the path for another younger player & the new Coach
Pochettino feels the Club needs a “generational change”. So
to force things, you take away the Captaincy from Tamudo &
you lament in public the continuous injuries that the player is
experiencing to justify your thoughts. Then you grab onto the
last incident, that Tamudo´s agent has asked that the player
be freed to leave if the Club does not wish the player– which
according to Tamudo is false - & you have the right ingredients
to sell to your fans that their heroe wishes to leave them.

Raúl Tamudo, who doesn’t do press conferences precisely to not
enter in controversy, had to call one yesterday to clear things
after the day before Club Directives called one to manifest that the
player wanted to leave; very opportunistic by Espanyol really,
the Club was waiting for the final argument that was handed in
by a “naïve” players agent to throw their ex-Captian to the lions.

Here is the video of the press conference. It´s in Spanish, but

suffice to say the player goes on to say:
1. He is indignated with the Club & wishes to clear things
2. He wishes to finish his carreer at the Club
3. Will happily sign an extended contract
4. The Clubs arguments are false

5. Asks for an apology. Something the Club will not do.

Lastly, the player gets emotional & leaves distressed. What makes
a grown man cry?



This story has been posted to highlight that Raúl Tamudo, is the
Raúl Gonzalez (Real Madrid), of RCD Espanyol. The difference
being that the latter doesn’t suffer unlucky injuries, keeps scoring
goals & is a Spanish Football Legend. But the same “exit” arguments
are being used to attempt to force an early retirement for the
Real Madrid Captain – except the argument that he wishes to
leave. Secondly, it proves that in modern Football values such as loyalty,
honour, colours…& the rest of rubbish are terms without substance
& that fans should reflect & bring back into perspective their at times
"mindless support" for Football Clubs. These entities do not care
about their players &/or fans in reality except to generate cash
via titles with a "win at all cost" ethos. When the times are great
Clubs will pour out all the slogans & heart warming words to
manipulate & keep the heard in place for their ends. Look at
Figo, Robben, Sneijder,Salgado, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto´o
…just to name a few recent examples out of hundred cases across
Spanish Football.

In the case of RCD Espanyol one would have thought that to
differentiate them from the rest & especially from their city sharing
rival FC BARCELONA one would embrace values such as loyalty & honour.
However, it seems Espanyol is just another Club, a low struggling
Club in First Division that have gone lower after witnessing how
they treat their players, fans & in this case, a living Football Club
legend.

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